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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 1h

Vietnam, Quang Ngai and Dong Nai provinces: Rabies cases in human and animals, public health impact and control challenges
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=18c2fb64-7414-4144-b550-70ee2820dc1e&eventid=45119243-b346-455d-86c0-3fc1e6eade6b&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 1h

Sudan, Al Jazirah State: Acute hepatitis outbreak amid concurrent dengue and cholera outbreaks strains health system
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=f1377d3c-2843-426b-a07e-ffed283e40ea&eventid=4c7b238d-f685-4ea6-a67c-17b5095c27f1&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 2h

WHO Report Reveals Alarming Global Surge in Antibiotic Resistance Across Common Bacterial Infections

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=b6345e3e-de57-4624-b9fa-36d7c13829ea&eventid=87f9a364-86ea-4ec8-978c-63a0c14f6e22&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 17h

France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, new lumpy skin disease outbreak confirmed in cattle in Jura department.
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=c4659d70-dd70-43a8-9f59-7490800784c5&eventid=e31c37a2-d0a0-4ee9-963e-352ed529b0aa&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/agriculture-peche/dermatose-nodulaire-contagieuse-un-foyer-detecte-a-ecleux-dans-le-jura-6680934

BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 22h

Request for information (RFI): Kerala, India reports 104 cases and 23 deaths from amebic meningoencephalitis as of October 2025
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=868d5bf1-cd57-4ae1-a50a-72c66c5b691e&eventid=2b3edcfe-7247-4b6f-9ee5-4a749fbd6ed7&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 22h

Thailand, Phetchabun Province: Two fatal human cases from severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=64e4b79c-b2fd-4579-8aea-12bb59462f5e&eventid=a6193ba4-fd20-4441-93c6-a02ab5d15b80&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 1d

NYC Mandates Monthly Cooling Tower Testing Following Deadly Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=dc566d90-0819-4166-a1bf-b7871726aa04&eventid=c428887d-bf7b-42a3-bcea-17ee77162149&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

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Dr. Nahid Bhadelia @bhadeliamd.bsky.social · 1d

Biothreats Emergence, Analysis & Communications (BEACON) @beaconbio.bsky.social is represented at the World Health Summit this week in Berlin!

www.beaconbio.org

(with a special thanks to our colleagues at @who.int Pandemic Hub).

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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 1d

Spain reports first autochthonous mpox clade Ib case in Madrid, marking shift from travel-associated transmission
https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=cdf31225-f3df-4067-8bf7-c8b137bb296e&eventid=ca7a3e0b-efd3-475d-b317-ca6d579bc1e5&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 1d

Réunion reports surge in severe gastroenteritis cases among infants, with deaths under investigation

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=d0f910b8-c242-48d2-b78d-3f5bb93077d5&eventid=a1dcc3d5-4bb6-40d6-a073-689dace380ed&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 1d

Costa Rica reports its first yellow fever case since 1956 in a returning traveler from Amazon region

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=dbd77f8a-26fc-408f-869a-1d8d9f9d0c38&eventid=e01a8189-f8a2-4c06-9e82-97aae93e631d&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 2d

Cape Verde, malaria, January–October 2025: Rising transmission risk during the rainy season

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=ac6aa429-ea36-45c9-a009-c9ac012cd2e0&eventid=0a360439-ced8-4642-9214-5b13a9948029&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 2d

USA, California: Leptospirosis outbreak causing mass marine mammal die-off along coast in 2025

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=e3c52de8-86d4-4a7a-bfbe-bbca1de424d4&eventid=bf6aec65-1743-4ea1-804a-289d3c6a5f66&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

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BEACON @beaconbio.bsky.social · 2d

Mexico, multiple states, hand, foot, and mouth disease outbreak prompts class suspensions

Read more at: https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=6e35d0dc-2f1e-4a75-bc5b-280d103ef8c4&eventid=3fd837bd-e965-4a7b-bfe7-affb66b87a65&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialpost

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buhaririinstitute.bsky.social @buhaririinstitute.bsky.social · 2d

Ready to use your data skills to advance health equity? Join us on October 18th for the School of Public Health Hackathon for Health Equity, hosted at the Hariri Institute!

Register now to secure your spot: spr.ly/63326AtLuq